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No. 103. 
 
 AN APPEAL TO YOUNG SOLDIERS. 
 
 BY A YOUNG LADY. 
 
 " I write UNTO YOU, YOUNG MEN ! " — First Epistle of John. 
 
 Young soldiers, fighting in the glorious cause of South- 
 ern Independence, my message is to you. I am com- 
 missioned by the King of kings to procure recruits for 
 His army, and 1 wish you to enlist. My appeal is to 
 you, young men, rather than to the old man at your 
 side — though I rejoice to see many hoary-headed vete- 
 rans already in this army, and thDugh I would not have 
 the old man think that he would be scorned if he wishes 
 to enlist The King of kings counts none over military 
 age, none unfit for service, who are willing to enlist, for 
 his armor giveth strength to the wearer, and " to them 
 that have no might he increaseth strength." He has 
 declared, u him that cometh to me, I will in no wise 
 cast out," and this is just as true for him that cometh, 
 broken down with years of fighting against Him, cov- 
 ered with wounds and full of disease, as for him that 
 cometh in the glow and vigor of his youth. But now 
 I am not talking to such — "I write unto you, young 
 men." But since I cannot expect you to rush blindly 
 forward without knowing why, I will give you some 
 good^reasons for enlisting in this great army. 
 
 In the first place, you must fight either for or against 
 the King. The foe is mighty, and all must be mustered 
 to meet him. None are exempt. The military age is 
 
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 from the cradle to the grave; No feebleness, no press 
 of oilier business, no danger of losses, will excuse. 
 Much less shall^you, so young and strong, be exempt. 
 There is no neutrality — nay, you are already with the 
 enemy, for the great King has declared, « lie that is 
 not with me is against me." % And since you must fight 
 on one side or the other, let me give you a U.'w of the 
 many reasons for choosing- the service of the King of 
 kings. 
 
 1st. The goodness of the cause. This war is waged 
 for the establishment of Truth, Justice, and Mercy — for 
 the rescue of the gracious King's subjects from the 
 tyranny of a cruel oppressor, who seeks to delude them 
 into serving him — and if they do not leave him, he will 
 lead them into a place where they will be tortured for 
 ever and ever. When the trumpet of war called you to 
 leave your peaceful homes to battle for the right, from 
 rugged mountain and smiling valley — from Virginia 
 to the shore of the Mexican Gulf, rang clarion voices, 
 "We come! we come!" Aye, even from the down- 
 trodden state, which writhes beneath the oppressor's 
 iron heel, from the very presence of his hosts the cry 
 was still, " We come !" The farmer left his fields of 
 golden grain, the tradesman his counter, the scholar 
 turned from his books, the fair-haired boy left his 
 mother's arms, to rush to the battle field. Oil ! as [ 
 seem to see you, your strong limbs and brave hearts 
 forming a wall of defence around the sacred rights of a 
 nation of freemen, I ask, is there one in that host of 
 heroes who will refuse to take up arms to rescue a 
 world from tyranny? You, who would die rather than 
 submit to a tyrant through the years of this rttortal life, 
 how will you endure the rule of the most cruel of mas- 
 ters, the deadliest of tyrants, through eternity r ? Will 
 
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 you resign yourself to "everlasting chains and slavery," 
 when the great "Captain of our salvation" is willing 
 to admit you to " the glorious liberty of the children of 
 God?" Would you not shrink in horror from the 
 thought of aiming your blows at the hearts of the 
 leaders who are seeking to free you from oppression ? 
 of madly contending against your own liberty? But 
 what shall be said of your folly, when every hour is 
 spent in the service of your cruel enemy? of your in- 
 gratitude in living in rebellion against Him who shed 
 His blood to set you free? How can you refuse to en- 
 list, when Jesus, your crucified Saviour, says come. 
 
 2d. The certainly of victory. This war has already 
 continued through thousands of years. It may last 
 many years more. But the victory will surely come. 
 "At the name of Jesus every knee shaft bow, of things 
 in heaven, and things in earth, and things under Che 
 earth; and every tongue shall confess that Jesus Christ 
 is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. " Every hour 
 brings nearer the glorious triumph of the King of kings. 
 Aye, and his faithful soldiers will be " more than con- 
 querors through him that loved them." Those who fell 
 in the early morning of the conflict, shall share the 
 triumph with those who " have borne the burden and 
 heat of the day," with those who saw the evening of 
 Time close on the vanquished hosts of the foe. You 
 must witness the glory of the King of kings — but how? 
 Will you in that hour stand trembling before His 
 throne, to hear your awful doom : '• Depart from me, 
 ye cursed, into everlasting fire, prepared for the devil 
 and his angels?" Or will you, with glad hallelujahs, 
 answer the sweet welcome: " Come, ye blessed of my 
 Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for you from the 
 foundation of the world?" Oh! dear young soldiers, 
 
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 "as though God did beseech you by us, we pray you 
 in Christ's stead, he ye reconciled to God." 
 
 :>[. The pleas ant ne 8 8 of the service. Perhaps some of 
 you will say, that your present service is pleasant to 
 you. But you cannot always find it so, and you would 
 never think so, if once you would taste of the happiness 
 of the soldiers of the King of kings. Only try the ser- 
 vice of Jesus, andgyou will find what unutterable joy 
 His followers have even in this life. Are you hungry ? 
 He will give you the bread of life. Are you thirsty? 
 "The water that fie will give you will be in you a well 
 of water springing up into everlasting life." Are you 
 sorrowful ? "As one whom his mother comforteth, so 
 will He comfort you." Are you friendless and forsaken? 
 " There is a friend that sticketh closer than a brother," 
 and He hath said: " 1 will never leave thee nor forsake 
 thee." Are you weary and heartsick? Oh, hear Him : 
 "Come unto me, all ye that labor, and are heavy laden, 
 and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and 
 learn of me: for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye 
 shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, 
 and my burden is light." 
 
 I do not deny that you will have to encounter some 
 hardships. But the worst of them will be far less bitter 
 than the sufferings of the enemy's soldiers. Young 
 soldier, does your pillow seem hard when you lie on the 
 ground and look up to the stars and remember, that 
 they shine on the home you are lighting to possess in 
 peace and freedom ? Do you not, for that sweet hope, 
 cheerfully brave toil and danger? And will you shrink 
 from tiie battle for that dearer, brighter home, where 
 the smile of your Saviour shall welcome you to ever- 
 lasting rest? '* The sufferings of this present time are 
 not worthy to be compared with the glory which shall 
 be revealed in us." 
 
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 4th. The greatness of the reward. Ah! "Though I 
 speak with the tongues of men and of angels," I could 
 not describe it. "Eye hath not seen, nor ear heard, 
 neither had it entered into the heart of man, to conceive 
 the tilings which God hath prepared for them that love 
 Him." Only enlist in His army, " fi^ht the good fight 
 of faith," and in heaven you shall find how " blessed is 
 the man that trusteth in Him." 
 
 And will you not enlist in this army. My feeble pen 
 has weakly urged you. There is a book wherein you 
 may learn the importance of coming, and coming now. 
 " Choose ye this day, whom ye will serve." You must 
 decide quickly. Time is flying, while you delay. Oh! 
 why do you hesitate? Shall the Saviour's mournful 
 words apply to you, as to the Jews of old : "Ye will not 
 come to me, that ye might have life." Do you fear that 
 you will fail as others have done? None ever failed, 
 who continually sought help and guidance from "the 
 Captain of our salvation. Do you say, that you have no 
 weapons? In the gr^al Captain's message, by his ser- 
 vant, Paul, to the company of the Ephesians, He telleth 
 them what armor to use. They have entered into rest; 
 but the same armor remaineth for you. Do you- urge your 
 unskilfulness in the use of such armor, your ignorance 
 of the military tactics of our great Captain? "Search 
 the Scriptures,", and you will learn all that is necessary 
 for you to know. Are they hard to understand some- 
 times? Ask the King of kings to make them plain to 
 you, and he will do it. Do you cling to your pleasures? 
 You are only required to give up what will destroy your 
 own happiness if you continue in them. The innocent 
 enjoyments of life will Ite heightened, and "in His 
 presence is fulness of joy; at His right hand there are 
 pleasures for evermore." Are you still delaying? " Har- 
 
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 den not your heart. Behold now is the accepted time- 
 now is the day of salvation." God is not willing that 
 you should perish : Jesus died that you might come to 
 Him. Arise and come. 
 
 " Arise ! because our serpent foe 
 
 Unwearied strives by day and night — 
 Remembers Time is short below — 
 
 And wrestles on with hellish might. 
 Then boldly grasp both sword and shield. 
 Who slumbers on the battle field ? 
 
 Arise ! 
 
 " Arise ! before that hour unknown, 
 
 The hour of Death that comes ere long — 
 And comes not to the weak alone ; 
 
 But to the mighty and the strong. 
 Beloved, oft in spirit dwell 
 Upon that hour that none can tell. 
 
 Arise ! 
 
 " Arise ! It is the Master's will. 
 
 No more His heavenly voice despise. 
 Why linger with the dying still? 
 
 He calls — arouse you, and arise ! 
 And listen to the Saviour's call, 
 It sounds to you — to me — to all. 
 
 Arise Yj 
 
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 PUBLISHED BY THE SOUTH CAROLINA TRACT SOCIETY. 
 
 Printed by Evans & Cogswell, No. Broad street, Charleston, S. C. 
 
LIST OF ! \\ 
 
 PUBLISHED 
 
 SOUTH CAROLINA TRACT SOCIETY 
 
 Bl^THE 
 
 No. of Number 
 
 Tract. of pages 
 
 l..Am I Self-Deceived 4 
 
 2. .Have You ? 12 
 
 3.. The Sinner's Friend 20 
 
 4.. The Act of Faith 4 
 
 5.. What is it to Believe on 
 
 Christ? 4 
 
 6.. Dialogue between the Bible 
 
 and a Sinner 4 
 
 7. .Self-Dedication to God 4 
 
 8.. Why Do We Sit Still 4 
 
 9.. Ye Shall Not Surely Die.. 4 
 
 10. .A Convenient Season 4 
 
 11.. The Bible the Word of God 4 
 
 12.. Three Words 4 
 
 13.. A Word of Warning 4 
 
 14.. Grieving the Spirit of God 4 
 
 15.. Hinder Me Not 4 
 
 16. .The Soldier's Pocket Bible.10 
 17.. I Don't Like Professions.. 4 
 18.. The Bible in my Trunk... 4 
 19. .How to Dispose of Care.. 4 
 
 20.. The Way of Peace 8 
 
 21. .Quench Not the Spirit 4 
 
 22.. Fatal Delusions 4 
 
 23.. The Sword of the Spirit.. 4 
 
 24. .Procrastination 4 
 
 25.. The Missionary's Nephew 4 
 
 20.. Lost Convictions 4 
 
 27.. Profane Swearing 4 
 
 38. .Obstacles to Conversion.. 4 
 
 29.. The Spirit Grieved 4 
 
 30.. Counsel .1* the Convicted. 4 
 31.. Every Ufcifi the Friend or 
 
 the Enemy of Christ. ... 4 
 
 32. .The Soldier's Victory 8 
 
 33. .The Wrath to Come 4 
 
 34., What Are You Fit For?.. 8 
 35.. Christ a Covert from the 
 
 Tempest 8 
 
 30.. The Christian Traveller.. 8 
 
 37. .Napoleon's Argument for 
 
 the Divinity of Christ and 
 the Scriptures 8 
 
 38. .1 Can't Make Myself Differ- 
 
 ent 8 
 
 39.. The Sinner his own De- 
 
 strover 8 
 
 No. of Number 
 
 Tract. of pages 
 
 40..TheIiifidel'sCreed; or,The 
 
 Credulity of Infidelity 8 
 
 41.. Alarm to the Careless.... 8 
 
 42. .True Conversion 8 
 
 43. .The Christian Officer 8 
 
 44.. Our War, Our Cause, and 
 
 Our Duty 10 
 
 45.. The Crimean Hero: the 
 
 late Captain Vicars 12 
 
 40.. The Muffled Drum 8 
 
 47.. How Do You Bear Your 
 
 Trials? 8 
 
 48. .How Long Have You Been 
 
 Sick? 12 
 
 49.. Soldier! Do You Believe 
 
 the Bible? 4 
 
 50.. The Long Roll 4 
 
 51.. Mortally Wounded 8 
 
 52. .The Sailor Lost and Found 8 
 
 53. .Captain Deverell; or, From 
 
 Darkness to Light 12 
 
 54. .A Word from the Ladies of 
 
 the Soldiers' Relief Asso- 
 ciation of Charleston to 
 the Soldier 4 
 
 55.. Col. Gardiner — as a Man, 
 
 a Christian, and a Soldier. 24 
 
 50.. The Railway Guide 10 
 
 57. .The Confederate Hero, and 
 
 his Patriotic Father 10 
 
 58. .The Sailor's Home 8 
 
 59. .Kind Words to a Wounded 
 
 Soldier 3 
 
 00. .TheEventfulTwelveHours; 
 
 or, The Destitution and 
 Wretchedness of the 
 Drunkard 10 
 
 01 . .The Dying Robber 8 
 
 02. .Do You Pray in Secret ?. . . 4 
 
 03. .Do You Enjoy Religion ?. . 4 
 
 04. .1 've Never Thought of Dy- 
 
 ing So 4 
 
 f 05.. Why Sit Ye Here Idle?... 4 
 
 00. .Come and Welcome 12 
 
 07.. The Silly Fish 4 
 
 OS.. Why Yet Impenitent? 4 
 
 09.. Who Slew All These?.... 4 
 
No. of 
 Tract. 
 
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 71. 
 
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 SO. 
 SI. 
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 S3. 
 54. 
 
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 9&. 
 
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 100, 
 
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 list or 
 
 , A True Story of Lucknow s 
 .The Sailor and ibe Soldier v 
 , Are You Not Afraid to Die '. 4 
 The Wonderful Escape. . 1 
 
 .The Two Soldiers 1 
 
 , Where Are Y->u ( S-oing ' ■ 6 
 .The Youag Officer's Start 
 
 in Life 8 
 
 .Shew He .Myself — 
 
 .Divine Grace Illustrated. 1 
 
 .The Christian Soldier 8 
 
 .Mustered into Service. . . S 
 .Lieut. K. : or. The Tract 
 Read in the Theatre. . . 8 
 
 ,Do Thyself No Harm 4 
 
 , A ppeal to the Youth, and es- 
 pecially to the Soldiers of 
 the Confederate States.. 16 
 .Veiy Short and Very Long, 
 
 and The Strict Search. . 8 
 .The Fatal Mistake; or, 
 The Midnight Shipwreck 4 
 
 .The Day of Trial 4 
 
 .My Time LS But a Day. . . 4 
 .The Substance of the Gos- 
 pel 4 
 
 .Noah's Carpenters ". . 4 
 
 .Come and Rest 1 
 
 .A Patriotic Sermon 4 
 
 .Discharged — I am Going 
 Home 4 
 
 • Anecdotes for theSoldiers, 
 
 No. 1 24 
 
 . Anecdotes lor the Soldiers, 
 
 No. 2 24 
 
 .A Kind Word to the Olli- 
 
 cers of our A rmy 4 
 
 .Soldiers in Hospital ; or, 
 
 Come to Christ 4 
 
 .The Old Soldier 4 
 
 .A Letter to a Son in Camp 1 
 
 • The Colonel's Conversion 
 
 — A Chief of Sinners 
 made a Chief df Saints. 24 
 .The Muster 4 
 
 TRACT.*. 
 
 No. of 
 Tract. 
 1 1)2.. 
 
 103.. 
 104.. 
 105.. 
 
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 107. 
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 109. 
 110. 
 
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 113, 
 
 114. 
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 Number 
 of page» 
 
 The Guard-House 4 
 
 An Appeal to Young Sol- 
 diers 8 
 
 Drinking, Disobedience, 
 and Death 12 
 
 An Affectionate Entreaty 
 — Invitation and Accept 
 a nee 4 
 
 " Here is my Heart," with 
 '-Tremble not, though 
 darkly gather, etc." 4 
 
 .A Help to Self-Dedication 4 
 
 .Triumphant Death on the 
 Battle lield 8 
 
 .Piety Gives Courage arrXl 
 Peace in Death 8 
 
 .Military Execution — Sin 
 Found Out — and, The 
 Melting Power of Kind- 
 ness .* 2 
 
 .The Dying Officer in Bar- 
 racks — Christ in the 
 Valley 8 
 
 .The Sergeant's Story 4 
 
 .The Dead March — and, 
 The Dead Coming to 
 Life Asrain 8 
 
 .The Brand Plucked from 
 the Fire 4 
 
 .The Converted Soldier Be- 
 come a Zealous Mission- 
 ary 8 
 
 .The Major's Account of 
 llimsell 8 
 
 .The Captain's Speecji 2 
 
 .An Account of the Con- 
 version of several Offi- 
 cers at West Point.... 6 
 
 .Admiral Lord Gambier..l2 
 
 .A Word to the Sick 8 
 
 .A Soldier may Die the 
 I leath pf the I! ighteous. 8 
 
 .The Fight of Faith — 
 
 .The Skeptical Young Offi- 
 cer 8 
 
 .A Happy Release 8 
 
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